Packing-case



(No Model.)

R.S.JENNINGS.

Packing Case.

Patented Feb. 15,1881.

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N PETERs, PHDTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, u C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RALPH S. JENNINGS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

PACKING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,873, dated February 15, 1881.

Application filed January 10, 1881.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RALPH S. JENNINGS, of Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Gases; and I hereby declare the same to be fully, clearly, and exactly described as follows, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the package. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views, on an enlarged scale, showing the head-join ts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a cheap, strong, and water-proof package, mainly designed for containing fertilizers, butobvious- 1y, by reason of the properties named, adapted for other uses.

The corrosiveaction ofso-called superphosphates or acid phosphates upon the material of the gunny-bags in which they are shipped, and the fact that the bags are permeable to water and to the odor of the fertilizer, have rendered a substitute for the bagging which shall be cheap, strong, and impermeable to fluids a great desideratum. I fully attain it by constructing a package as follows:

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A is the package, constructed of two or more layers, e e, of veneer, having the grain crossed and cemented together by a suitable water-proof matcrial,f, asphalt cement answering the purpose well. The ends 6b of the package are tapered somewhat, the center beingeither round, oval, or polygonal in cross-section, and the edges I) of the material are united by stitching, the seams being waterproofed by a coat ing of the cement. The heads or head 0 are made by striking up a sheet of metalby preference, tin-plate-so as to leave a flange, c, all around, which flange is perforated, a line of holes being formed in it through which it is stitched, as at d, to the ends of the body. The joint is then coated by a layer, 0, of cement,

which serves to waterproof the joint and to strengthen the chine of the package.

The metallic head may bear the trade-mark and address of the manufacturer, the analysis of the fertilizer, or other matter, which is conveniently struck up upon it at the same time (No model.)

that the heads are punched from the sheets. The heads may be round, oval, or polygonal, round being preferred, as the package may then be conveniently rolled on its chine.

Instead of the metallic head, a wooden or veneer head, 0, may be used, being secured to the walls by tacks or nails E, driven through hoops D, or otherwise, the joint being finally coated with cement c. The seams are coated on the inside also with cement, to prevent the material from rotting the threads.

The package made as above described is practically air and water tight, is light and very strong, and eminently fitted for holding any article which it is desired to protect from leakage or access of water. It is cheaper than the ordinary flour-barrel, and is also adapted for containing moist articles (such as fine-cut chewing-tobacco) which need to be protected from evaporation, or such dry material as chlo-' ride of lime (or chloride of calcium) or other deliquescent material, from which the air must be excluded.

\Vhat I claim isl. Apack age consisting of two or more sheets of veneer having the grain crossed, the wallseam being secured by stitching, and having its head secured to the body and cemented to the body by a water-proof material, as set forth.

2. A package consisting of two or more sheets of veneer cemented together, and having a flanged metallic head secured to the body by stitching, as set forth.

3. The package herein described, consisting of the veneer body A, having its seams secured by stitching, and having a tapered end, and a head secured to and cemented to the body, as set forth.

4. The package herein described, consisting" RALPH s. JENNtNes.

Witnesses GEO. 0. MANNING, J. A. JENNINGS. 

